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SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 24, 1925 ‘FEMININE BLUEBEARD’ A MO WOMAN LIFER DISPLAYS SKILL PRISON ESCAPE Murderess Displays Great Skill in Makin? Escape From Indi ana Woman’s Prison INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 24. An other chapter ir. a story of crime rivaling the famous “Bluebeard” murders in France has been written with the escape of a woman “lifer” from the Indiana women’s prison. Displaying the same clever crimi nal skill which police alleged caused her to murder two husbands and a When You Want Good Fresh Fish Already Dressed, and Delivered to Your Door, Just Phone us. also have good Select (?ysters now. Let the Americus Fish and Oyster Co. have your order. Phone 778 Americus Fish & Oyster Co. We Dress ’Em We Deliver 'Elm MURDOCK will end your search for the right receiver The Murdock Nentrodyne repre sents radio at its best. It is the prod uct of one of the oldest manufactur ers. A pioneer who has been mak ing radio equipment of the highest efficiency since 1904. 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Feeds On Weevil Grub A TLANTA, Oct. 24. —The weevil , killing worm is the latest discovery in the cotton fields, according to re ports received here by officials of the I Georgia Department of Agriculture, i The worm, it is said, feeds on the weevil grubs and sucks them to death| s “It would be great indeed, if Mr. .Farmer could turn a colony of worms : loose in his cotton fields and feel as , sured that this would be the end of Mr. 801 l Weevil, provided, of course, that the worm didn’t destroy any thing else,” said an official of the agricultural department. The “discovery” is far from being confirmed, as yet, however, and pending authentication of such a nat ural weevil killer, the farmers are advised by the agricultural depart ment to take advantage of the pres ent unusual combination of open weather and an early cotton crop, to follow the more certain method of , killing the weevil by plowing under all the cotton stalks, or burning them, within the next few weeks. WASHINGTON HAS BULB CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, Oct. 24—A con ference to afford opportunity for a full reconsideration of the restric tions on the entry of narcissus and certain other bulbs authorized near ly three years ago become effective .January 1, 1926, will be held by the Department of Agriculture at Wash ington at 10 o’clock. Monday, No vember 16, the department announc , ed today. As pointed out recently, these restrictions have been the sub ject of wide discussion, both favor able and adverse. The Secretary of Agriculture, therefore, authorized 1 a thorough review of the situation and the assembling of all available ' information. The results of this in i vestigation will be presented at the conference, which wil be open to all persons interested. e Wheat acreage in Argentina and cembeV and January has been ma-’ Autsraha, to be harvested next De- terially increased. * A? 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